USA & Britain

British English ≠ American English

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Definition betydelse: quite (BrE: not so much; AmE: very much).

Grammar: American English & British English - 8 Grammar Differences

Pronounced differently in BrE & AmE: laboratory • privacy •

Spelling:

British English & American English: 1 2
consistency check (kollar om man har blandat BrE och AmE)

Vocabulary glosor: British English vs. American English Vocabulary Words 4'

British/ American word list •
20 British words that mean Something totally different in the US

How to understand the differences between British and American English 1'

More: idioms • formatting of dates & numbers

History

George Washington
was the first president,
starting in the year 1789.

Britain is much older.

←King Harold in the year 1066

In those days, the thirteen US states bordered gränsade till the Atlantic Ocean. But during the following centuries many Americans moved west västerut, some all the way to the Pacific Ocean Stilla havet. Today, the USA has 320 million inhabitants invånare from California to New York, to the Gulf of Mexico.

Most American have European ancestors förfäder. 14% have ancestors in Africa, mostly due to the slave trade.

Hundreds of thousands of people move to the US every year, mostly from Mexico and Central America. 14% of Americans have ancestors there.

Many American businesses are world-leaders världsledande and its economy is the same size as the total economy of the 28 countries in the EU.

For better or for worse för gott och på ont, the US has extended utvidgat its financial, cultural, technological, political and military influence around the world.

During the 19th century 1800-talet, Britain ruled much of the world, and spread its language språk and culture to the far corners of the earth alla jordens hörn.

Today, more than 60 million people live in the UK. Almost all speak English, but some people speak their own local languages språk as well: Welsh (in Wales), Gaelic and Scots (in Scotland and Northern Ireland), Irish (in Northern Ireland), and Cornish (in Cornwall)

People have moved to the UK from all over the world, especially speciellt from countries that Britain ruled styrde över during the days of the British Empire.

Nowadays nuförtiden many immigrants come from EU countries. The largest immigrant languages in Britain today are Polish and South Asian languages.

More info: How did English evolve? 5'
The Anglo-Saxons

1921: The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire ...går aldrig ner över det Brittiska imperiet
källa

Largest Cities

Stockholmare längtar till New York SvD 10 mars 2014
"Var fjärde stockholmare skulle helst vilja bo i New York....
London är drömstaden för 12 procent. ...på tredje plats kommer
Stockholm där 9 procent av de tillfrågade helst vill leva.
"- New York är städernas stad på något sätt"

London

←klocktornet Big Ben

Money

$1 shows Washington

£50 shows Queen Elizabeth II

Nature & Culture

Stonehenge in southern England, 2500 BC.

Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA

Place Names

The 50 States

A World of State Names

Look at a map of the USA and you will see place names in many languages. Early settlers nybyggarna used words in their own languages språk or words of Native American Indian origin urspung to name states, towns, mountains, lakes, rivers, ponds, and creeks.

“Alaska” is the Russian version of the American Indian word alakshak, "land that is not an island." Arizona is the Spanish version of another Native American Indian word.

Some state names come from English, Spanish, or French, but most are from American Indian languages. Which are which? Hints ledtrådar:

The smallest state is named for the Greek island ö of Rhodes
A state where the mountains are covered with green trees gets its name from the French words for “green-mountain.” (“mont” is French for mountain berg).
A state where the rocks in the mountains are red gets its name from the words for “color-red” in Spanish. (The word “color” is the same in Spanish).
A vacation state got its name from the Spanish word for flowers. (Extra hint: A florist sells flowers.)
Some of the states were named for people: one for the Duke hertig of York, another for the “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth of England, and a third for Louis, king of France.
If the word is very difficult to spell stava, it comes from a Native American language.